2022 and what it brings to another special year

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Didn’t I just write a blog article on entering 2021? I do believe last year had so little and yet so much happening, that it simply flew by and I didn’t offer many new avenues of my thoughts.

Believe it or not, in just a few years, (2025) I’ll hit another milestone. 50 years in the voice biz since I left college. Sure glad I’ve taken care of myself and look through my eyes with the outlook of a 28 year old.

With Phase Two of my life in gear, I’ve moved to the southwest to “The Valley of the Sun”, re-married and re-evaluated what I want to do, in order to check a few things off my Bucket List, I’ve hit a point of not generating as much VO marketing, but super-serving my core clients with the best and immediate voiceover service I can muster. Now, don’t get me wrong. I LOVE what I have been doing for years. Voicing it is My Thang. I just want to do it on MY schedule now and include more ME and US time. We still have a lot to see and do ya know…..

We will be welcoming grand baby Cooper into our family in a few weeks. So a trip to visit is in order and we’ll change a few diapers. We also will be finally taking that honeymoon this year to The Islands for some “us” time. But in-between, there will be plenty of time to record a variety of voice work for my prime clients. Several have been with me for over decades and I value them immensely. Never turn your back on “those that brung ya,” they say.

Living out here in Arizona for the past 7 years has re-energized me. Working out regularly, socializing as much as possible and spending quality time with family & friends is a good, balanced way to enjoy life. Since I’m pretty much set in my ways, I always remember to continue to learn as that “sponge” I’ve called myself, even more so today, than yesterday.

A New Year…and possibly a New Direction.

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Happy New Year

Yup, 2021 is here and it just seems like life is flashing by at such speed as you get further into your years.  Granted, I’m no spring chicken, but it just seems like when you roll out of bed on Monday morning and take a good stretch – it’s Friday when you look around.  Where did the week go?

This year, I’m focusing more on e-Learning projects, narrative jobs and Explainer videos.  I like the long form stuff that isn’t an audio book.  That’s just not my thang.  The incredible GVAA Rate Guide had helped us all so much in order to set rates without the clients saying, HOW MUCH??  Sorry, that’s what the market will bear these days.  Get with it.  And I have.  And many of my clients have too.  I’m always sure to mention I am negotiable.  And that seems to please a majority of them.  But some go away with a, “I’m not paying that much for just a bunch of words!  That’s ridiculous!”  Ok, go find someone with a Close ‘n Play recording kit and use them.  I’d rather work with clients who respect what we do and we in turn respect them too.

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